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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do obstetricians in lower birth-rate areas do more often?
(a) Caesarean sections.
(b) Ultrasounds.
(c) Spinal blocks.
(d) House calls.

2. Which two philosophers does Levitt cite who subscribe to the belief that people are inherently good?
(a) Socrates and Adam Smith.
(b) Plato and Descartes.
(c) John Locke and Hegel.
(d) Heidegger and John Stuart Mill.

3. In the media, what term is given to the new, more dangerous violent criminal in the 1990s?
(a) Enhanced threat.
(b) Droog.
(c) Superpredator.
(d) Hyperstatistic.

4. What is Arne Duncan's first course of action after the CPS researchers release their report on cheating?
(a) He fires 12 teachers.
(b) He buries the report.
(c) He freezesall standardized testing in Chicago.
(d) He readministers tests.

5. According to James Alan Fox in 1995, what is the minimum rise in violent crime to be expected in the next decade?
(a) 15%.
(b) 5%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 35%.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Paul Feldman view humanity as a result of his business records?

2. What percentage commission does a real estate broker generally take from a home sale?

3. What percentage of the vote does an incumbent candidate lose on average if he spends half as much money in his second campaign?

4. How many bouts does a sumo wrestler have to win in order for his ranking to rise?

5. Within a single office, who cheats Paul Feldman most?

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